Definition : Bailiff

A professional and a legal officer, member of the “Chambre des huissiers de justice du Québec” (Québec Chamber of Justice Bailiffs) whose task consists of serving a demand letter or any proceeding emanating from any tribunal, to execute legal decisions (judgment, seizure, judicial sale or sale under judicial authority, expulsion), carry out material findings at the request of the tribunal or of an individual (a written description of an event or a situation), recover on an amicable basis a debt at the request of a client and obtain the voluntary remittance of property.